sheet

1. A single piece of paper, board, paper pulp,
cellulose acetate film, etc. 2. The continuous web
of paper as it is being manufactured by machine,
or the single unit as it is being made by hand. 3.
A general term applied to paper and/or board in
any form and in any quantity which, when used with
appropriate modifiers, indicates general or
specific attributes of that sheet, including
quality, class, use, grade, or physical
properties, such as an opaque sheet, etc. 4. To
cut paper or board into sheets of desired size
from a roll or web. 5. A piece of paper printed in
such a manner that it may be folded to form
consecutive pages for publication of the required
size. See: IMPOSITION . 6. To
place freshly printed sheets between unprinted
sheets for drying and to prevent OFFSET (2) , i.e., to
slipsheet. 7. As used in collation, a separate
sheet of any size printed to be read unfolded,
i.e., with the text or illustration imposed on a
single page on one side or on each side of the
paper. 8. A sheet of any material, such as a leaf
of gold, silver, etc. 9. Another term for the
surface or cover of the mold or dandy roll, but
sometimes restricted to this before it is placed
in position. (17 ,
264 , 343 )